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• Ohio State University investigation finds former president misused position for personal associate April 23, 2026
  Former Ohio State University President Ted Carter misused his role to try to get resources to help Krisanthe Vlachos — the woman he was having an “inappropriate relationship with” — according to a new report. Ohio State University president Ted Carter resigns over ‘inappropriate relationship’ Ohio State this week released the 47-page report, which details […]
• Catching Our Eye News Roundup, April, 23, 2026 April 23, 2026
  Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
• Utilities plan $1.4 trillion in grid investments, likely pushing bills higher in Ohio and elsewhere April 23, 2026
  By 2030, utilities around the country plan to spend $1.4 trillion building out the power grid, according to a study by the energy research group Powerlines. Eventually, much of that expense will likely show up on consumers’ monthly utility bills. Powerlines reviewed quarterly earnings reports from 51 investor-owned utilities to produce its study. The five-year […]
• As Ohio loses jobs, unemployment goes down. What’s going on? April 23, 2026
  Ohio lost 5,400 jobs in February, yet somehow the unemployment rate went down.  The reason is not encouraging, according to Policy Matters Ohio. The two seemingly contradictory things happened because people left the workforce and therefore weren’t counted as unemployed, it said in a statement that was released last week. An estimated 2,000 Ohioans exited […]
• Cleveland libraries offering free gun safes, locks April 23, 2026
  Multiple branches of the Cleveland Public Library will start handing out free gun safety devices in May. When you check out at the library, it’s usually for books, movies and magazines. Some new inventory will also come free of charge. “Coming out to the library, you can grab a gun box and a book,” Christopher […]
• Ludlow Massacre took lives of miners, family members amid strike for fair wages and conditions April 23, 2026
  On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special. The miners waged a pitched battle with the National Guard for 10 days before President Woodrow Wilson ordered federal soldiers […]